LibGuides: Psychology: Find Articles

Using KCC Databases to Find Journal Articles

Articles from journals, magazines, and major newspapers are the primary source for new developments and recent scientific studies in the field of Psychology. The Library has several databases that provide thousands of current journal/magazine articles related to Psychology and its subfields:

Psychology and Behavioral Science Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
World's largest full text psychology database offering full text coverage for nearly 400 journals.

ScienceDirect
Offers access to science, medical, and technical journal articles from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals.

ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) This link opens in a new window
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database contains more than 1.3 million records and provides access to information from journals and non-published curriculum materials. Offered through EBSCO.
CINAHL with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for more than 610 nursing journals indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL®).

PubMed
From the National Library of Medicine, it contains over 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. What was once a printed index to articles, the Index Medicus, became a database known as MEDLINE and contains journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature from around the world. Since 1996, free access to MEDLINE has been available to the public online via PubMed.

PubMed Central This link opens in a new window
A full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). Contains over 4 million full-text articles. NOT to be confused with the full Pub Med database - go to the PubMed link for access to the full 21 million citation database.
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Explores a current hot topic in the news in depth each week. (44 reports per year). Reports, written by seasoned journalists, include broad overviews, historical background, and opposing viewpoints written by experts in the field.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Contains 19,000+ Pro/Con arguments and 13,000+ current topic overviews.

Database Tutorials

EBSCO Basic Search Tutorial (Psychology and Behavioral Health)
EBSCO Advanced Search Tutorial
Pubmed Find Articles by Subject Tutorial
ScienceDirect Tutorial
ERIC Thesaurus Tutorial
This Youtube video explains how to use the ERIC Thesaurus to create more precise searches in the world's largest digital library of education literature: the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) database.